"They steal your music and shout at you." - Jimmy Page, on rap, and people like the Beastie Boys.
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Monday, 02 July 2007 20:02 |
Editorial cartoonists had a memorable 1988 encounter with singer Robert Plant, whose many Led Zeppelin credits include The Song Remains the Same.
That incident will be described later in this story, but the Zeppelin song (and film) title has some relevance to the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists as it nears its 50th-anniversary convention July 4-7 in Washington, D.C. -- where the AAEC held its first meeting in 1957.
There also was that aforementioned 1988 encounter with former Zeppelin frontman Plant, who happened to be staying at the same Milwaukee hotel as AAEC conventioneers. Several cartoonists (including Rob Rogers) were having drinks with the singer when J.D. Crowe - then of The San Diego Tribune - decided to play a joke on the rock legend. Crowe made believe he thought Plant was singer David Coverdale of Whitesnake, a band considered somewhat derivative of Led Zeppelin. An enraged Plant proceeded to head-butt Crowe.
Plant didn't have a "Whole Lotta Love" for Crowe at that point, but the two ended up burying the hatchet and posing with Rob Rogers for a photo. "Just as the picture was being snapped, Plant, who's a good two or three inches shorter than Rob and I, hoisted himself up to appear taller," recalled Crowe, who's now with the Press-Register in Mobile, AL. [more]
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Which music of Led Zeppelin do like the best?
May 31, 1948 - John Henry Bonham was born at Redditch, Worchestershire
| May 1969 - The band's debut album enters the US Top 10
| May 1969 - Recording sessions for Led Zeppelin II begin
| May 1970 - This month, the band work on new material at Bron-Y-Aur and Headley Grange
| May 3, 1971 - Richard Cole jams on Whole Lotta Love playing congas
| May 1972 - Houses Of The Holy recording sessions on location at Stargroves and Olympic studios
| May 27, 1972 - Warm-up gigs kick off in Holland for an upcoming American tour
| May 4, 1973 - Led Zeppelin gross nearly $250,000 for their performance in Atlanta, GA
| May 5, 1973 - 56,800 attend the second show of the 1973 US tour at Tampa. This sets a record for the largest attendance for a one-act performance, previously held by the Beatlesfor their Shea Stadium show in 1965
| May 10, 1974 - Swan Song Records is officially launched
| May 11, 1974 - Led Zeppelin attend an Elvis concert and are thrilled when Elvis Announces that Led Zeppelin is in the building
| May 10, 1975 - Showco ships their PA system and video screens for the Earls Court shows from Dallas to London
| May 23, 1976 - Page and Plant join Bad Company onstage at the LA Forum
| May 21, 1977 - The Houston Summit claims $500,000 in damages to their venue caused by rowdy fans
| May 1978 - The band reunite at Clearwater Castle to rehearse
| May 22, 1979 - It is officially announce that Led Zeppelin will headline at the Knebworth Festival in August
| May 15, 1980 - After many revisions the European tour dates are finalized and the band is scheduled to open in Germany
| May 15, 1980 - After many revisions the European tour dates are finalized and the band is scheduled to open in Germany
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